If you are considering buying a Sun Awning or are interested in how sun awnings work then you are at the right place. I have now been dealing with Sun Awnings of all different shapes and sizes for around 9 years now. With hundreds of different Sun Awning designs, frame colours, fabric colours and fabric styles to choose from, often the actual operation of the sun awning is given minimal thought.
Primarily when choosing a sun awning you have two options. A manually operated Sun Awning or an electrically operated Sun Awning. I would advise that you think about this carefully – yes you can save maybe several hundred pounds on opting for a manually operated sun awning but a motorised sun awning is by far superior and I am sure that you will not regret spending the extra, Also, often due to the different cut sizes of the components there is not an option to retro fit a motor to a manual sun awning – the result – if you have chosen a manual awning you are stuck with it unless you buy a whole new electric sun awning. I would advise you think carefully.
Some people have concerns about an electric awning getting stuck open in a powercut situation- realistically this is highly unlikely to happen as generally powercuts occur in poor weather conditions of which you would not even have your sun awning out.
Having said this, most good sun awnings will be able to withstand some quite harsh weather conditions before anything is damaged.
I have been wanting a sun awning for my back deck for a while now. Can you suggest some good companies to buy from? This was a good review by the way.
If heard alot about these awnings. Looks to get one in the next couple of weeks.
You seem to be quite confident with the electrical awning but my feeling is that it could get stuck anytime. Why it won’t when it is sunny? I understand that it could have some problems during bad weather period but why not during sunny period?
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You are correct, there is always a chance they could be stuck out in the sun but if so, what is problem? It is sunny and no damage will occur.
The danger is if the awnings are out in heavy wind in which case the arms could break – I have never had an instance of this in dealing with awnings in 10 years – not related to being stuck open by a powercut.
I had a awning fitted last year and it has lasted and is still in great condition
The electric overhead garage door opener was invented by C.G. Johnson in 1926 in Hartford City, Indiana. Contrary to popular belief, the electric opener does not provide the actual lifting power to open and close a heavy garage door. Instead, most of the actual lifting power comes from the counterbalance springs that are under tension to lift the garage door via steel counterbalance cables. The electric opener only controls how far the door opens and closes, as well as the force the garage door exerts. In most cases, the garage door opener also acts as a lock.
The typical electric garage door opener consists of a power unit that contains the electric motor. The power unit attaches to a track. A trolley connected to an arm that attaches to the top of the garage door slides back and forth on the track, thus opening and closing the garage door. The trolley is guided along the track by a chain, belt, or screw that turns when the motor is operated. A quick-release mechanism is attached to the trolley to allow the garage door to be disconnected from the opener for manual operation during a power failure or in case of emergency. Limit switches on the power unit control the distance the garage door opens and closes once the motor receives a signal from the remote control or wall push button to operate the door.